Vale Earth Fair Fundraiser with The Honest Crooks, Skyscrapers, Kiya Ashton, Dan Guilbert and Mickey Haimes – The Fermain Tavern – 27/06/20

After the return of live music the previous weekend the Vale Earth Fair staged their first event of the summer, with this assistance of The Honest Crooks, at The Fermain Tavern on Saturday 27th June 2020. For this they presented a varied night of music that captured something of the spirit of the Earth Fair...

Sound At St James 2 – St James Concert Hall – 22/02/20

The first Sound At St James festival, a little under a year and a half ago, marked something of a relaunch of St James (or at least the perception of it) as a venue for more than classical music and rather staid, traditional entertainment. Since then a range of new live music events, as well...

December 2019 and Best of 2019 Playlists

As with last year's December playlist blog I've got two in one this month with my usual monthly update and a more focussed 'best of the year' including some of my favourite new tracks from 2019 (you can also find one focussing on music from the Channel Islands on my review of the year blog...

Music in Guernsey in 2019

After a couple of years where music in Guernsey had upped its game, across the board, to a level that continues to surprise many visitors to the island, or those who hear Guernsey based bands when they venture away, 2019 has had to me a slightly different feel. While the quality of music certainly hasn't...

The Honest Crooks Christmas Party – The Fermain Tavern – 21/12/19

After missing a couple of other Christmas gigs for a few reasons I headed out to the last of the bigger ones on the weekend before the big day as ska band The Honest Crooks took over The Fermain Tavern for their festive bash. It was my first time heading into the Tavern in quite...

BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands – September 2019 – Nick Coleman and Coastal Fire Dept

Click here to listen to the show For my edition of BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands for September 2019 I featured two up and coming acts from Guernsey with rather different styles. In session was Nick Coleman who's made a name for himself as a solo artist over the last few years but...

Chaos 15 – Pleinmont, Guernsey – 28-30/06/19

After seemingly settling back into a winning formula last year, Chaos returned for a 15th time to the Pleinmont headland in Guernsey over the weekend of 28th to 30th June 2019. With two stages running for the three days it was possibly the most varied Chaos event yet with musical styles ranging from early UK...

Slim Pickings and The Honest Crooks – St James Concert Hall – 22/06/19

When it was announced that St James was staging a pirate themed ska party featuring well known Guernsey based band The Honest Crooks and visiting octet Slim Pickings, 'complete with pirate ship,' I expected maybe a few Jolly Rogers and some inventive fancy dress. Upon arriving at the venue on Saturday night though, less than...

BBC Music Introducing in the Channel Islands – May 2019 – The Cor Damme Lars

Click here to listen to the show This month I was back across all Channel Islands once again for BBC Music Introducing In The Channel Islands with new music from Guernsey, Jersey, Sark and Alderney all represented (I've still not got anything from Herm). Live in session were The Cor Damme Lars ahead of the...

Havoc Events presents Third Time Lucky and friends – The Fermain Tavern – 18/05/19

Thirteen years ago I started a section on the BBC Guernsey website called Guernsey Unsigned, since then it's developed into the BBC Introducing radio shows for Guernsey and now the Channel Islands but, back in June 2006, the first live event I covered was headlined by Third Time Lucky. Since then the band have split...